Handle for handsaws.



H. PAUSE.

HANDLE FOR HANDSAWS.

APPLICATION mum 001213. 1913.

1,1 1 9,787. Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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HERMAN PAUSE, OF RAMONA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY T. 1?. JAMES,013' SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

HANDLE non HANDSAWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 13, 1913. Serial No. 734,760.

zen of the United States, residing at Ramona, in the county of San Diegoand State of California, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Handles for Handsaws, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in handles for saws and the objectof my im-- provement is to provide a handlefor an ordinary hand-saw thatmay be ad ustably secured to the blade of the saw in such manner that itmay be turned to he in a plane that is disposed at any desired angle tothe plane of the saw-blade. I accomplish this object by devicesillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view inperspective of a hand-saw embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a Viewpartly inside elevation and partly in vertical cross-section of thesame.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

Briefly my improvement consists in providing a hand-saw blade with ablade-holder to which blade-holder is adjustably attached a handle thatis adapted to be grasped by ones hand, such handle being adapted bysuitable means to be disposed with its plane at any desired angle withrespect to the plane of the saw-blade and there securely fastened.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, 5 is an ordinary saw-blade whichhas a blade-holder 6 secured to its wider end in the usual manner, byscrews 7. The bladeholder is formed with a flat end 8 that lies in aplane at right angles to the plane of the saw-bladeand a flat strip 9 ofany suitable material, as of metal, is secured to the end 8 of theblade-holder by screws 10, the strip 9 being provided with a holethrough its central portion.

A handle 12 is secured by screws 14 to a flat strip 13, of metal, thatis similar in shape to the strip 9 thus adapting said handle 12 to besecured to the blade-holder 6 bya screw-stud l5 and a nut20, said stud15 being integral with an end flange 17 that .15 set in and secured tothe blade-holder 6.

A serrated boss 18 is secured to the face a of the strip 13 to projectwithin a circular recess disposed within the central portion of thestrip 9 where it may engage with correspondingly shaped teeth 16 thatare provided on the flange 17 whereby the ham dle 12 may be maintainedin @a desired angular position with respect to the plane of thesaw-blade 5 by screwing the nut 20 forcibly against the back surface ofthe strip 13, as indicated by Figs. 1 and 2.

As the plate 9, and metal strip 13 are of the same length, theircontacting flat surfaces fit closely together at any adjustment, and theinterlocking teeth of the flange 17 v and serrated boss 18 provide anannular interlocking between the plate and strip extending around thescrew stud.

The operation of my device is very simple; when the saw is to be usedfor making straight cuts in easily accessible positions the handle maybe set and secured in a plane with the saw-blade like the fixed handleof an ordinary hand-saw; but when an angular cut is to be made in aposition that is not easily accessible then the thumbscrew 20 may beunscrewed sullieiently to permit the teeth 18 of the bar 13 to ride overthe teeth 10 of the flange 17 thus permitting the handle 12 of the sawto be turned about the screw-stud 15 to any desired angle with respectto the plane of the blade 5 whereupon the thumbnut 20 may again betightened to secure thehandle in the desired angular position.

What I claim is:

The combination with a saw blade, of a blade-holder having a flat rearface, a plate secured to said flat face and formed with a centralopening, a screw stud extending, through sald openmg and provided at ltsinner end with an integral serrated flange set into and secured to saidplate, a handle provided with a Hat metal strip corresponding to theplate of the blade-holder, and

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adapted to closely fit against said plate at any adjustment, a serratedboss integral With the inner face of said strip concentric In Witnesswhereof, I hereunto subscribe with said stud, and a nut on the outer endmy name this 24th day of September A. D., of said stud, said boss beingin engagement L913.

With the serrations of said flange to provide HERMAN PAUSE. an annularinterlocked connection between Witnesses: 7

said plate and strip extending around said H. F. JOHNSON,

stud. L. W'RIGI-IT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

